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Black Abolitionist Archive
William P. Johnson
Provincial Freeman - July 1, 1854
Colored American - March 28, 1840
Voice of the Fugitive - December 17, 1851
Black Republican - April 15, 1865
Weekly Anglo-African - October 29, 1859
Provincial Freeman - May 30, 1857
Weekly Anglo-African - April 13, 1861
William Henry Hall
Colored American - April 10, 1841
Anglo-African - September 3, 1865
Pacific Appeal - August 23, 1862
Weekly Anglo-African - February 4, 1860
George Boyer Vashon
Voice of the Fugitive - January 1, 1852
William Still
H. Ford Douglass
H. Ford Douglass

From the 1820s to the Civil War, African Americans assumed prominent roles in the transatlantic struggle to abolish slavery. In contrast to the popular belief that the abolitionist crusade was driven by wealthy whites, some 300 black abolitionists were regularly involved in the antislavery movement, heightening its credibility and broadening its agenda. The Black Abolitionist Digital Archive is a collection of over 800 speeches by antebellum blacks and approximately 1,000 editorials from the period. These important documents provide a portrait of black involvement in the anti-slavery movement; scans of these documents are provided as images and PDF files.For assistance with this collection, please contact the the University Archivist, Mara Powell at 313-993-1950 or the library reference desk at 313-993-1071. You may also email the reference desk for assistance at edesk@udmercy.edu.

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